Food Brokers Could Make Difference Between Safe and Tainted Food Imports
In the wake of all the poison product scares, NPR visits a food broker in Gurnee, Illinois, to get a firsthand view of how the ingredients in familiar grocery store items are handled.
The problem occurs with cut-rate dealers, the story says: "Many say these low-end ingredient brokers are the scourge of the industry. They were behind many of the recent Chinese product scares—including poisonous toothpaste and possibly defective tires."
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